In their penultimate fight before the eagerly-awaited rematch, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman pushed bitter rival Colby Covington.
The Nigerian Nightmare is just days away from defending his 170lb title at Madison Square Garden against his arch-nemesis.
Kamaru Usman & Colby Covington will rekindle their rivalry at UFC 268
prior to the fight, bitter rivals met on Friday.
On Thursday night, Usman and Covington met for the first time in two years.
After a fierce staredown, Africa's first UFC champion shoved Chaos.
UFC President Dana White quickly moved between the two to ensure they didn't renew their rivalry.
The veteran promoter accidentally ate an elbow to the stomach as a way of expressing his frustrations.
On Instagram, he wrote: "Usman elbowed my stomach."
Covington tried his best to make Usman laugh during the press conference, mocking his father's time in prison for health care fraud.
He said, "Marty, is your daddy the prisonbird coming on Saturday night?"
"I have a connection with law enforcement. If you would like me to call his parole office, I'll make arrangements for him to come on Saturday night.
"You want me to make sure?" I feel terrible for Mrs. Usman.
"She has a cheating-ass child and a scammer's-ass spouse. It must be s ****y.
In their first grudge match of December 2019, Pound-for–pound king Usman won a fifth-round TKO win over Covington.
Covington, a former 170lb champion, is determined to level their series at The World's Most Famous Arena.
He stated, "He avoided this match at all costs. Uncle Dana and UFC had no choice but to forcibly force his hand.
"He was trying fight other lightweights.
"He was trying fight Nate Diaz. He wanted to fight anyone, but this rematch.
"He knows who his daddy is. He knows who won the fight.
"If he hadn't faked timeouts in the first fight, I would have killed him. It's okay, it's better late than never.
"I don’t live in the past. Saturday night is the future." "I'm going to destroy Marty Fakenewsman.
The calm, collected, and cool Usman replied by saying, "Listen, if that's what he's saying, then I wasn't faking it or that to get out the fight.
"I stayed in fight, and I broke your jaw."
